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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda CB1300: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which CB1300 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.3% average, from 25,878 DVSA tests.

2009
highest-passing year · 95.1%
2001
lowest-passing year · 81.3%
13.8pp
spread across 15 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2009 (95.1% of 979 tests). Lowest: 2001 (81.3% of 75). Years more than two points below the model average: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004.

79%88%98%1997: 84.7% pass (176 tests)1998: 87.1% pass (309 tests)1999: 85.9% pass (290 tests)2000: 91.3% pass (80 tests)2001: 81.3% pass (75 tests)2002: 89.8% pass (147 tests)2003: 88.2% pass (6,752 tests)2004: 87.0% pass (5,960 tests)2005: 89.8% pass (4,009 tests)2006: 90.3% pass (2,341 tests)2007: 91.1% pass (1,873 tests)2008: 92.8% pass (2,069 tests)2009: 95.1% pass (979 tests)2010: 92.2% pass (550 tests)2011: 91.6% pass (131 tests)199720042011
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.3%)
1997 176 84.7% -4.6 pp
1998 309 87.1% -2.2 pp
1999 290 85.9% -3.4 pp
2000 80 91.3% +2.0 pp
2001 75 81.3% -8.0 pp
2002 147 89.8% +0.5 pp
2003 6,752 88.2% -1.1 pp
2004 5,960 87.0% -2.3 pp
2005 4,009 89.8% +0.5 pp
2006 2,341 90.3% +1.0 pp
2007 1,873 91.1% +1.8 pp
2008 2,069 92.8% +3.5 pp
2009 979 95.1% +5.8 pp
2010 550 92.2% +2.9 pp
2011 131 91.6% +2.3 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2006–2025
86%89%92%2006: 91.1% pass (515 tests)2007: 90.9% pass (925 tests)2008: 89.2% pass (1,216 tests)2009: 87.3% pass (1,442 tests)2010: 87.3% pass (1,466 tests)2011: 89.0% pass (1,632 tests)2012: 89.1% pass (1,622 tests)2013: 90.3% pass (1,683 tests)2014: 89.2% pass (1,665 tests)2015: 89.4% pass (1,617 tests)2016: 88.5% pass (1,612 tests)2017: 89.2% pass (1,555 tests)2018: 89.7% pass (1,194 tests)2019: 89.7% pass (1,218 tests)2020: 89.5% pass (1,052 tests)2021: 88.7% pass (1,305 tests)2022: 89.5% pass (1,228 tests)2023: 89.2% pass (1,180 tests)2024: 90.4% pass (854 tests)2025: 90.4% pass (884 tests)20062025

Questions

Which CB1300 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda CB1300 overall (89.3%); the 2001 cohort is lowest at 81.3% from 75 tests.
Which CB1300 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2009, at 95.1% of 979 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
How much does the CB1300 pass rate vary by year?
13.8 percentage points between the highest (2009, 95.1%) and lowest (2001, 81.3%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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